Nikon has showcased a new robot vision technology that gives automated assembly methods high speed as well as cognitive ability which leads to far greater flexibility than what is currently available.
Leica Geosystems has announced a new reality capture camera device for robots like Boston Dynamics' Spot that is designed to improve autonomous navigation.
The Robot Next Door is an ongoing project by French photographer Niko Photographisme, whose photos show a world in which the line between human and machine is blurred.
Earlier this year, rumors that Disney would replace its PhotoPass photographers at Disney Parks with robotic "photo boxes" were confirmed as photo booths began popping up around the park in lieu of people. These boxes have been popping up everywhere, and people are not happy: so much so that there is a now a petition on Change.org that is begging Disney to keep the PhotoPass photographers around.
"Recirculation Art" is an ongoing project by Southern California-based artist James Rauff in which he turns junked cameras into little robot figures.
There are many reasons why "photographer" and "photojournalist" ranked so low on last year's "best and worst jobs" list, but according to a paper released by The Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology at Oxford University, the threat of computerization isn't one of them.
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The Paparazzi Bots are a series of robots invented by Ken Rinaldo, a faculty member in the Department of Art at Ohio State University. Each bot is autonomous, and moves about on a wheeled platform, using infrared sensors to move towards humans. It's goal is to take single photographs of people, and it makes decisions on whether or not to capture the photograph based on facial expressions of the subject. If you happen to be smiling, the bot is more likely to photograph you.